MILWAUKEE -- Not that anyone would want to follow it, but if these 2022 Pirates ever fabricated a firm template for how their games go ... man, I'll bet it'd look a lot like what was witnessed here Wednesday afternoon at American Family Field:
• Surprisingly OK starting pitching
• Worst offense in franchise history
• Defense regressing beyond recognition
• Endless retreads in relief
• Shower well!
Zach Thompson's struggled most of the summer, but he found out he'd start upon reporting to the stadium and somehow put up four emphatic zeros. Errors by Oneil Cruz and Ke'Bryan Hayes, plus two other defensive mishaps that were fairly deemed singles, handed the home team more than it'd been earning.